Supply chain profile: Daniel Myers

A veteran of the consumer goods industry talks about lessons learned during his career at Mondelēz and changes in the profession. Managing a team of more than 60,000 supply chain employees for the Illinois-based, global food and beverage conglomerate Mondelēz International might seem like an intimidating job. For Daniel Myers, however, the position is a logical next step in a long and distinguished career. Prior to his current position, he led business units at Procter & Gamble Co. (P&G) for 33 years. He’s also worked in more than four dozen countries … so far. His accomplishments include integrating Gillette’s global supply chain after it was acquired by P&G in 2005 and helping to create an efficient, snack-focused supply chain at Mondelēz when Kraft Foods Inc. created the company by spinning off its North American grocery operations in 2012. As executive vice president for integrated supply chain, Myers has earned a reputation for developing the next generation of supply chain professionals and managers. Myers received his Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering from the University of Tennessee and serves on the board of the Global Supply Chain Institute at the university’s Haslam College of Business. For this profile, Myers answered seven questions about his life experiences and lessons learned from four decades of leadership in the global supply chain. Q: What’s your proudest professional achievement, and why? A: I’ve had the blessing and privilege to do so much in my career, but the greatest thing is to get a group of people to do the extraordinary together and achieve what they did not think was possible. [For example,] we are currently reinventing the entire supply chain for our company, for every region and every category. We have committed to save $3 billion in gross savings over two years—$1.5 billion […]